finished

It may have been a while coming—charting in fact the entire history of this blog—but tonight I completed the last documents for my Statement of Equivalence in Clinical Psychology, meeting I hope the final requirements set for me by the examining committee. This is the process that overseas-qualified Clinical Psychologists such as myself engage in, in order to prove we have the requisite lack of incompetence necessary to continue our practise in the UK. It's quite normal for this process to start before a person arrives in the UK, and continue for quite some time afterwards. It doesn't prevent you working here, but well, I'm glad it's done. It has taken me 18 months since we arrived here to complete this, and it's over two years since my initial application. Admittedly, this was mostly due to a lack of application to the task! So at this late hour, to celebrate having finally completed it's a specially-obtained Marks & Spencer Cafe Mocha Desert (but less than 3% fat... see yesterday's entry) and a Star Trek episode from the housemates' DVD collection. The documents will be signed and posted tomorrow. It is finished.

My uncle Ross visited today, in from Canberra, passing through for work en route to Washington then Geneva... must have got that routing from journey planner. It was great to see him, and to hear first-hand how things are Down Under. There's nothing like family. Nice to see you Ross.

Talking of family, Bronwyn's father David remains in Waikato Hospital, continuing to need hospital-grade pain relief for his hip-leg-knee problems while they figure out what is going on. They've now identified that part (but not all) of the problem is that he has developed a fractured femur. They plan to do further tests including an MRI scan “tomorrow”. With the time difference, that might be happening right about now. Please keep him in your prayers, if you come from that direction...

And then there is other, more happy, news. Make that News... But am I allowed to tell you yet? Hmm, not sure. Better not then!